| FEATURE
Building Lasting Connections
2018 Young Leaders
Annual Meeting
April 25-28
Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines
La Jolla, California
night welcome reception and dinearounds, a food truck dinner night,
golf, kayaking and zoo excursions,
and a facilitated community service
project that will foster teamwork
while contributing to a good cause.
by Catherine Whalen,
NSSGA Senior Director of Education
IT WILL BE HARD to top last year's
25th anniversary Young Leaders (YL)
Annual Meeting, but the YL Steering
Committee has been hard at work to
develop a standout event that will
draw more than 200 aggregates industry professionals aged 40 and younger.
The 2018 YL Annual Meeting will be
held April 25-28 at the Hilton La Jolla
Torrey Pines in La Jolla, Calif. - situated on the beautiful Pacific coast
and directly adjacent to the famed
Torrey Pines golf course.
This year's schedule is designed to
facilitate attendee networking more
than ever before. "We know that a
major draw of this event is always
the opportunity to meet with, and
learn from, fellow young people in
our industry," said Franz Peters, 20172019 YL Chair. "We're always hearing
from YL alumni that they are still
close with connections that they
made through YL, even 25 years later,
and we want to enhance that networking capability to add even more
value for our attendees." Networking
opportunities include an opening
The Voice of Experience
To help develop participants'
leadership and management skills,
the event includes two professional
development sessions, which feature
insights from aggregates industry
leaders. This year's top-notch slate of
speakers will share their experiences
with entrepreneurship, the unique
perspectives of both small and large
aggregates producers, and what it's
really like to be the CEO of a company
- it's not necessarily what you may
think! Speakers include:
* Gary Hambly,
President & CEO, CalCIMA
* Ted Baker,
President, Bluegrass Materials
* Darin Matson,
President & CEO,
Rogers Group, Inc.
* John Albright,
President & General Manager,
Caldwell Stone Co., Inc.
Participants will hear tips and lessons learned that they can apply to
their own careers as they're rising
through the ranks.
Registration for the 2018 YL
Annual Meeting is now open. Those
who register by March 23, 2018
can take advantage of discounted
early bird rates. Register now at
www.nssga.org/events
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